diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
index 45453111..4a7b8142 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def get_model_path(path_or_hf_repo: str, revision: Optional[str] = None) -> Path
                     "*.tiktoken",
                     "*.txt",
                 ],
+                resume_download=True,
             )
         )
     return model_path